Maine Narrow Gauge Day Trip

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A day trip to 2 narrow gauge lines in Maine...
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company & Museum in Portland
- Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway in Alna
Disappointingly, the locomotive in Portland had boiler problems and was awaiting recertification so I didn't stop long there before continuing up to Alna for the WW&F where I road 2 trains.
The railway was heavily traffic'ed due to the Lavender Pickin’ Dinnertime Trains to SeaLyon Farm. It was really great to see and even with the rain people appeared to be very happy with the experience.
00:00 Short disappointing stop at the MNGR
01:09 WW&FR
02:10 Heading up the line
03:33 Straight through Alna Center
04:20 At the Top of the Mountain people got off for the Lavender excursion
05:16 Uncoupling and running around
06:58 Next to the smokebox
07:30 Running around at Sheepscot Station
09:05 Parlor Car and such inside the shed
09:47 The new engine shed foundations
10:14 Switching out the open car for rain protection
11:19 Second run up the mountain

Пікірлер: 17

@railbuddy8372 Жыл бұрын

cool trip friend...great captures....nice vdo...greetings from India!!!

@trainadventure7170 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Really nice shots.

@CZR1951 Жыл бұрын

With all do respect, those were some strange hand signs making that hook. But still a cool video..

@HuwJones Жыл бұрын

Ha…I rewatched the video and I see what you mean. I’m guessing whatever gets it done. They are definitely getting more organized / professional in their operation but part of what makes this line so great is it’s smallness and that it’s not yet fully formed.

@gronmic 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job!

@peterkordziel7047 2 жыл бұрын

What ever happened to the number 5 S,R&R L engine that lived in Connecticut in a shed on Alice R,s property?

@traingame2.053 2 жыл бұрын

That locomotive is Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington railway 9. Same engine.

@GarethJonesPilipala 3 жыл бұрын

Is that the original Carrabassett parlour car at 9.05?

@HuwJones 3 жыл бұрын

No. This was the SR&RL’s parlor car No. 9, Rangely which was not as fancy as the Carrabasset I believe. www.narrowgauge.iform.com.au/parlor-9.html

@wayneboulier6107 Жыл бұрын

I would like a ride on this train

@allanegleston4931 2 жыл бұрын

ive been having issues posting and people seeing my posts , here goes . is many of the equipment from edaville ? or other places ? thanks

@HuwJones Жыл бұрын

yes...some of the old stuff came up from edaville. most of it is original to the Maine lines back in the day and that made it's way down to edaville. thanks for watching and commenting.

@jorgesabater8640 Жыл бұрын

Can I join to play?

@HuwJones Жыл бұрын

Tickets are cheap. Just show up! Or you can just hang around the depot like I often do just watching the trains come and go 😊

@jareddeemee8582 Жыл бұрын

If a millionaire wanted to build one of these do you know how much the carts would cost and cost of building the rail per mile?

@HuwJones Жыл бұрын

Based on the Appleton Survey done in 1878 for the SR&RL a number of $1500 per mile was estimated. Counting for inflation that's in the range of $50k per mile in todays money. Those early estimates were notoriously inaccurate.

@eliaslundstedt5607 Жыл бұрын

@@HuwJones Well if you had like a million or 2 set aside for building a railway, and you are a big railway nerd, and a milionare, you probably have some land or something, you could build a quite extravagant little narrow gauge railway, with a track lenght of however much fits on your land, and buy several engiens and a few cars